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HOLY LAND: JESUS THERE and JESUS HERE

February 2, 2019 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Since writing my last Reflection, “Let Us Go to Bethlehem to See,” I have gone to Bethlehem and seen. I also…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Sacraments, Spirituality

SPIRITUAL CARE of the SICK: COMMUNION and CONFESSION

February 4, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Dominican Friars Health Care Ministry of New York is blessed with a great number of faithful and dedicated people who…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Church teaching, Ministry, Sacraments

THE EUCHARIST as a SACRAMENT of HEALING

January 28, 2018 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

The Eucharist, the most holy Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, is “the source and summit of the…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Church teaching, Ministry, Sacraments

JESUS FEEDS the MULTITUDE: a REFLECTION for Ministers of Communion

December 31, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

Bringing Holy Communion to the sick is an important part of Catholic health care ministry. In this reflection, we will…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Ministry, Sacraments, Scripture

VIATICUM: the LAST SACRAMENT of the CHRISTIAN

October 12, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

The sacrament of Anointing of the Sick, when administered to the dying, is called by the Catechism of the Catholic…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Church teaching, Death and dying, Ministry, Sacraments

ANOINTING of the SICK: a SACRAMENT for the SICK and the DYING

September 28, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

The Anointing of the Sick is a sacrament that is frequently misunderstood. When I receive emergency calls asking me to…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Church teaching, Death and dying, Ministry, Sacraments

The EUCHARIST, the CHURCH, and the HOSPITAL

June 25, 2017 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

“The Church draws her life from the Eucharist.” With these words, Pope Saint John Paul II began his 2003 encyclical…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Church teaching, Ministry, Sacraments

EXCELLENT MINISTERS of HOLY COMMUNION: PART II

November 13, 2016 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

The virtues that characterize excellent ministers of Holy Communion was the subject of our last reflection. We considered the virtue…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Ministry, Sacraments, St. Thomas Aquinas

EXCELLENT MINISTERS of HOLY COMMUNION: PART I

November 6, 2016 Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. Leave a comment

One of the most important parts of Catholic health care ministry is the administration of Holy Communion. This much needed…

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Posted in: Faith Filed under: Ministry, Sacraments, St. Thomas Aquinas

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